Tom treats his horse very badly. He doesn't care if it dies or not. Even when he makes alot of money he could care less about the horse. He doesn't buy it food or give it water, he keeps him in the stables to die.
Tom Walker sells his soul to the devil in The Devil and Tom Walker. Eventually, the devil comes to his home and takes him away on a black horse.
Tom Walker dies when he is not being fair to a person part of his investment. When the man accuses him of being unfair, he says that the devil take his soul if he is lying to him. At that very moment, the devil is there to take him, and the bibles to protect him are out of his reach. Before he can do anything, he is taken by the devil, put on the back of a horse and the horse rides away with the hollowing for Tom Walker. Now they say every time you stroll by that area, you can hear the galloping of a horse and the voice to Tom Walker.
No he tries to cheat the devil
who is old scratch in "The Devil and Tom Walker"
The satire of the story is Tom and his wifes marriage.
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Old Scratch and Tom Walker
"The Old Gentleman" is the nickname that Tom Walker calls the devil in Washington Irving's short story "The Devil and Tom Walker."
In "The Devil and Tom Walker," the devil asks for Tom Walker's soul as payment for granting him wealth and success. Tom refuses to give his soul, but the devil takes him to hell anyway.
'The Devil and Tom Walker' is a short story published in 1824 by American writer, Washington Irving. The Devil is the antagonist in the story.
In Washington Irving's "The Devil and Tom Walker", Tom's wife attempts to extract a deal with the Devil by bringing him all of the silver in the Walker House. Things go very badly for Mrs. Walker and she is killed by the Devil. Tom, who never liked his wife, is happy she is gone and doesn't even trouble the Devil about the return of his belongings.